Did chemical exposure cause cancers for McCullom Lake residents?
Experts disagree on findings in studies By KEVIN P. CRAVER – kcraver@nwherald.com About this series: The Northwest Herald today begins a six-part series on the McCullom Lake brain cancer lawsuits. This special report is the result of a six-month investigation by the newspaper. Senior reporter Kevin Craver acquired and reviewed thousands of pages of documentation spanning more than three decades. Craver and videographer Danielle Guerra interviewed more than 60 people, including most of the 22 plaintiffs, or their next of kin, who have filed suit to date. Craver and Guerra traveled to Phoenix and Philadelphia to conduct some of the interviews. The chemicals listed in the McCullom Lake brain cancer lawsuits sound more like tongue twisters or the stuff of science fiction than health hazards. However, the existence of vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride, and trichloroethylene in groundwater flowing from two Ringwood manufacturers is not fiction, but fact. Vinylidene chloride, also known as
